Socialist Standard Past & Present

Cartoon from the November 1991 issue of the Socialist Standard Blogger's Note: This cartoon originally appeared in the November 1991  So...

From the November 1976 issue of the Socialist Standard It would be foolish to attribute cancer solely to the development of capitalism whe...

From the September 1949 issue of the Socialist Standard The recent announcement from the United States of a new and remarkable cure for rhe...

From the Socialist Party of Great Britain  website March 11, 2026 The ONS recently reported that there had been small increases in life exp...

Letter to the Editors from the March 1965 issue of the Socialist Standard I recently read a press report on the new BMA booklet Doctors’ Or...

From the December 1947 issue of the Socialist Standard The religious racket has, been exploded by Socialists since the days of Marx; but th...

From the November 1993 issue of the Socialist Standard In September nurses from University College Hospital (UCII) in central London went b...

From the October 1988 issue of the  Socialist  Standard Nearly two million people in Britain are addicted to drugs prescribed for them by th...

Adapted from the October 2025 issue of the  Socialist  Standard Withdrawal Symptoms by The Socialist Party of Great Britain Even in a social...

The Pathfinders Column from the October 2025 issue of the Socialist Standard Socialism, a sophisticated global society of cooperative commo...

The Voice From The Back Column from the July 2003 issue of the Socialist Standard Child’s play It sums up the madness of capitalism’s marke...

The Tiny Tips column from the March 2025 issue of the Socialist Standard Kylie Jenner, the 27-year-old billionaire and car enthusiast, was r...

From the March 1951 issue of the Socialist Standard With all the wonderful knowledge at our disposal, with all the efforts of the National ...

From the September 1981 issue of the Socialist Standard The main points in the Bank of England Bulletin , which was issued last month, wer...

Theatre Review from the July 2024 issue of the Socialist Standard Nye   by Tim Price (Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff) The celebrated Wels...

The Cooking the Books column from the January 2008 issue of the Socialist Standard Like everyone else with an email address we get loads o...

The Proper Gander column from the January 2024 issue of the Socialist Standard The usual template followed by TV documentaries presents iss...